ML issues after standby/sleep

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ML issues after standby/sleep

I upgraded to Mountain Lion yesterday and I've been having a big problem with my 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro crashing in a very bizzare way, typically after being in standby/sleep mode.

It starts up from standby/sleep and programs that were open before standby/sleep are hung and can not be "Quit" - they just sit there hung up - force quit will not work either. If I try to start certain apps e.g. Activity Monitor it just bounces forever. The system can not be retarted or shutdown. The system is usless. The only way I can get my system back is to open term and issue a reboot command. I ran a fix on the permissions on the boot drive and also checked for any other errors.

Any recommendations as to how to get my system back?

Posted on Jul 29, 2012 3:02 PM

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jeeptj Author

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Jul 30, 2012 3:22 AM in response to jeeptj

Anyone else have this issue?

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Answer 2

Jul 30, 2012 12:29 PM in response to jeeptj

I have this same issue. I have to reboot after sleep. What Gives?

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Answer 3

Jul 30, 2012 12:50 PM in response to jeeptj

Same issue for me. I have a unibody MacBook. Also, I lose my wifi connectivity as well.

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jeeptj Author

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Jul 30, 2012 1:53 PM in response to jrbrubaker

I'd really like to find out how many people besides us have this problem and find a fix. This is very frustrating.

Is there a way to report this to Apple?

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drbkuzma

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Jul 31, 2012 5:21 AM in response to jeeptj

I have a similar issue. My macbook pro with 2.66GHz processor will sometimes but not usually wake up from sleep mode with a total grey screen upon which only my mouse will work by tracing a white streak across the screen. I've forced a shutdown by the power button as the keyboard will not respond.

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jeeptj Author

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Jul 31, 2012 5:51 AM in response to drbkuzma

Bad news for anyone with this problem - Apple is baffled. I spent about an hour and a half on the phone working with Apple support and we can not resolve the issue. We've tried a bunch of things and it's not fixed. I am resuming the call this evening.

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Jul 31, 2012 6:29 AM in response to jeeptj

I am having the same problem with both my 21.5 iMac and 27" iMac. Please update if you have any new information

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Jul 31, 2012 7:05 AM in response to jeeptj

Just to clarify my exact issue.

I have a unibody macbook from 2009. After updating to Mountain Lion I am experiencing wifi connectivity 'crashes' after waking from sleep. Wifi does not connect, and attempting to turn wifi on/off via the menu bar just gives me a spanning beachball. All network-connected apps are stopped or stop responding. System Preferences refuses to open as well.

Normally this would be a situation for force quit, but I know no way to force quit my wifi preferences. Restart is also blocked by Sytem Preferences running, even though it never opens.

Force shutdown by holding the power button is my only option. Very Frustrating.

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jeeptj Author

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Aug 1, 2012 11:47 AM in response to jeeptj

Forget this. I'm going to flatten my laptop, install Lion and restore my data. Mountain Lion broke my laptop and even Apple can't fix it...

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Answer 10

Aug 1, 2012 11:59 AM in response to jeeptj

Same issue here.

MacBook Pro (2008 or so).

After trying to wake (after hibernate) the system does not boot (it shows the progress bar but never shows screen).

Sometimes a strange 'blue screen' (stripes; oh no not like windows 😝)

Sometimes just no reponse.

It defenetly knows it crashed; it states so when starting up again (power button with a text) and on reboot you can report it:

panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff800da2220b): "Hibernate restore error e00002eb"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-2050.7.9/iokit/Kernel/IOHibernateIO.cpp:2892

Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address

0xffffff8085ff3bc0 : 0xffffff800d61d5f6

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Aug 1, 2012 12:40 PM in response to jeeptj

I have similar issue after update to 10.8 and EFI on my MB Air 11' (4.1). Ilunimatet appel behind, dark display... I have to force a shutdown by the power button and reboot, after sleep.

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Answer 12

Aug 2, 2012 8:49 AM in response to jeeptj

SOLUTION...for me at least. If I Turn Off Bluetooth (either from the top menu bar or System Preferences) before I put computer to sleep I no longer had issues when "waking".

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Aug 2, 2012 2:02 PM in response to jeeptj

Solution for me was: resetting the SMC http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964?viewlocale=en_US At the moment seems to work.

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Airraid

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Aug 2, 2012 4:33 PM in response to jeeptj

Same issues here. On wake from sleep all open apps freeze. Wifi icon in toolbar in search mode. If I can get to Forcequit dialog box before the Finder freezes, then all apps are "red-not responding" but I can't even force quit them. Cursor goes to Spinning beachball and only remedy is Forced shutdown

I have an early 2010 MB Pro. I upgraded from Lion.

I tried turning off Bluetooth, no help.

Turned off auto graphics processor switching, no help.

Booted Into Safe Mode, no help.

Restarted as Guest user, no help.

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jeeptj Author

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Aug 3, 2012 5:53 AM in response to Airraid

Yep, Airraid - the solotions presented here did NOT work for me either. I tried everything you did as well. I tried the SMC reset - no luck.

As I said - and obviously no one read - is that I actually had Apple support on the phone and they couldn't solve it either.

SOLUTION (for me) - restored back to Lion and now my laptop works great!

Good Luck to all...

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